Chapter 24: Anonymous

Dohyuk stopped at the lowest peak. Below was the were the desert and jungle. He could hear the sound of people talking as he carefully walked to the edge of the cliff. He peeked out to look below. There was a big cave on the ground and a voice came from there.was a big cave. 8 people were talking to themselves.

‘Fight?’

They weren’t fighting. At least for now. It was hard to hear, but he managed to hear some of the words.

“This is crazy!”

“Why there?”

“Find someplace else! We don’t got much time!”

“Why do you never do it yourself!”

“Go do it yourself!”

It seemed like it was 1 against 7. About five of them was objecting to one man and he was watching them with a relaxed look. He had a dark stick clipped to his waist.

‘Leader.’

As Dohyuk thought, the leader spoke. Dohyuk couldn’t hear what he said, but the others became silent.

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The seven of them then turned to the cave.

‘Is there something in it?’

Dohyuk realized the leader was looking up to him and he began running up. He was plainly running up the cliff as if he were walking on flat ground.

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The man would arrive within a few seconds. Dohyuk took a step back to the center of the peak. Would he be able to win? It did not matter. He had to fight. Dohyuk then clapped the ground with his hands.

The leader’s name was Kim Eunho, and he wasn’t a leader. He was a ‘officer’ of a certain group. Eunho had received certain order:

Find some underlings and obtain ‘Golden Mine’.

That was why Eunho was here. He didn’t tell them what this mine had in store as he lied that it was a scouting mission.

“This is crazy!”

3 out of 10 died the moment they walked into the cave. The remaining 7 fought back.

“Let’s look elsewhere! We don’t have much time!”

“Why do you never do it yourself!”

Eunho was calm as he quietly spoke.

“Shut up, you trash.”

“What…!”

“Why do you think we need that cave?”

“That’s…”

Everyone knew that there only a few minutes were left until the main trial. They needed a place to hide from the sun before the main trial began.

“Sadly, I’m not like you all.”

[Footsteps of a Spider]

Eunho had a Nature. He could climb any wall with it.

“Even if the timer reaches, I can move up, kill the rock crab, and hide in there. But you can’t.”

This was how Eunho lured everyone to move into the cave.

“If ‘they’ appear after the trial begins, you all have no choice but to die.”

“But… you can help! You’re strong and…”

“Why would I?”

It was a simple answer.

“You should look after yourself,” Eunho spoke and placed his hand on the stick.

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“…I see.”

Dohyuk jumped down and ran into the cave. It was the place where Julian Dekin, the strongest in the region, wanted to have as his own. It was the place where Dohyuk’s Compass of Tyrant was guiding him.

And not long after Dohyuk moved in, something inside faced him.